WHAT reliable machines German or Japanese?

The debate about the reliability of the Japanese and GermanCar not subside for several decades - since, as in the 80s of the automakers of Japan is not released to the world market a lot of high-quality and low-cost models.

Since then, German and Japanese engineers have invested a lot of effort into the reliability of its vehicles.

Reliability - property of the car forlong time to maintain the values ​​of all parameters in different modes and operating conditions. Car Reliability is closely related to inappropriate refusals to work with the resource, maintainability and endurance.

German cars

Legend of the ultra reliable German carsIt has its roots in the seventies, when the Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen led the list of the indices of the initial quality ratings and long-term reliability tests - tests are regularly carried out in Europe. Of course, in these tests were involved mainly European and American cars. Japan then had a reputation for shoddy goods.In the 70 th and 80 th the German machine had deservedreputation as the most reliable in the world. But, with the advent of the 90 managers calculated that the average consumer buys a new car for 5-10 years. And after this term reliability of the car is 80% dependent on how it operated and maintained, and only 20% of the original quality. And concluded: cars "forever" are no longer needed.Moreover, enthusiasm for new electronicsystems - multi-stage turbocharging, robotized gearbox, integrated active and passive safety systems - complicated design of the car, which could adversely affect reliability. In addition, the use of such complex devices has a number of nuances, of which the majority of Russian car owners do not realize. As a result, improper use leads to fast break and costly repairs.And further. In the pursuit of price reduction, many German automakers bought accessories in China, Turkey and other countries with cheap labor. For example, budgetary Volkswagen cars by 50-80% consist of nodes, collected by the Chinese.Separated from the rest is the Porsche. These vehicles consistently occupy the top lines of the reliability ratings. But the prices are exorbitant.

Japanese cars

In the seventies, with the reputation of the manufacturershoddy cars, Japanese engineers have worked strongly reliability of its vehicles and the beginning of the 90's began to tread on the heels of the Germans. At present, some models of Japanese cars in the top line reliability rating on a par with the German.The reputation of ultra-reliable Japanese carsWe received and that imported from Japan RHD instances the age of 20 a long time to run across the expanses of our country. This is partly explained by the different conditions of use and maintenance of these machines at home. Part of that collected in the Japanese car quality than collected and China, Taiwan and Vietnam.Also, like the Porsche, stands out the quality of the Lexus, not inferior in terms of the reliability of its German competitor. However, Lexus cars are also more accessible than the Porsche supercars.

result

It makes no sense to compare the reliability of Japanese andGerman cars put together. Compare vehicles must be separate. And Toyota and Mercedes Benz were successful and unsuccessful model. And the comparison should take place in their respective categories.That's what makes the different agencies,automotive magazines, accounting for different car reliability ratings annually. As a rule, leading the Germans and Japanese. They are catching up with the Koreans. But at the end of this list, you can see one of the "failure" of the German and Japanese models.